Re: [RFC][PATCH] Expanding the size of "start" and "end" field in "struct resource"

On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 02:29:32PM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:> If the impact is very slight or unmeasurable this means the option> needs to fall under CONFIG_EMBEDDED, where you can change if> every last bit of RAM counts but otherwise you won't care.

But we have a data type that is correct for this usage: dma_addr_t.

> Having > 32bit values on a 32bit platform is not the issue.> > Some drivers appear to puke simply because the value is 64bit. Which> means the driver will have problems on any 64bit kernel. That kind> of behavior is worth purging.

Forcing it to be a 64 bit value doesn't fix that problem, so that isn't a valid excuse for adding bloat.

-ben-- "Time is of no importance, Mr. President, only life is important."Don't Email: <dont@kvack.org>.-To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.orgMore majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlPlease read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/